Zavoysky graduated from Kazan State University in 1930 and taught physics there in 1933–47. His program of research in radio and microwave spectroscopy culminated with the 1944 discovery of ESR in paramagnetic salts, which proved useful in identifying their molecular structure. In 1947–71 Zavoysky worked in Laboratory #2 (subsequently renamed the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy) in Moscow, where he took part in the ... (100 of 227 words)